diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 670b3dcce2de..bb455d0ae12a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9310,6 +9310,7 @@ F:	include/*/ftrace.h
 F:	include/linux/trace*.h
 F:	include/trace/
 F:	kernel/trace/
+F:	tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/
 
 TRIVIAL PATCHES
 M:	Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index 36ff2e4c7b6f..45f145c6f843 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ TARGETS += powerpc
 TARGETS += user
 TARGETS += sysctl
 TARGETS += firmware
+TARGETS += ftrace
 
 TARGETS_HOTPLUG = cpu-hotplug
 TARGETS_HOTPLUG += memory-hotplug
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76cc9f156267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+all:
+
+run_tests:
+	@/bin/sh ./ftracetest || echo "ftrace selftests: [FAIL]"
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf logs/*
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/README b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8631f03e754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/README
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+Linux Ftrace Testcases
+
+This is a collection of testcases for ftrace tracing feature in the Linux
+kernel. Since ftrace exports interfaces via the debugfs, we just need
+shell scripts for testing. Feel free to add new test cases.
+
+Running the ftrace testcases
+============================
+
+At first, you need to be the root user to run this script.
+To run all testcases:
+
+  $ sudo ./ftracetest
+
+To run specific testcases:
+
+  # ./ftracetest test.d/basic3.tc
+
+Or you can also run testcases under given directory:
+
+  # ./ftracetest test.d/kprobe/
+
+Contributing new testcases
+==========================
+
+Copy test.d/template to your testcase (whose filename must have *.tc
+extension) and rewrite the test description line.
+
+ * The working directory of the script is <debugfs>/tracing/.
+
+ * Take care with side effects as the tests are run with root privilege.
+
+ * The tests should not run for a long period of time (more than 1 min.)
+   These are to be unit tests.
+
+ * You can add a directory for your testcases under test.d/ if needed.
+
+ * The test cases should run on dash (busybox shell) for testing on
+   minimal cross-build environments.
+
+TODO
+====
+
+ * Fancy colored output :)
+
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4c6c2fad2cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# ftracetest - Ftrace test shell scripts
+#
+# Copyright (C) Hitachi Ltd., 2014
+#  Written by Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
+#
+# Released under the terms of the GPL v2.
+
+usage() { # errno [message]
+[ "$2" ] && echo $2
+echo "Usage: ftracetest [options] [testcase(s)] [testcase-directory(s)]"
+echo " Options:"
+echo "		-h|--help  Show help message"
+echo "		-k|--keep  Keep passed test logs"
+echo "		-d|--debug Debug mode (trace all shell commands)"
+exit $1
+}
+
+errexit() { # message
+  echo "Error: $1" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# Ensuring user privilege
+if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
+  errexit "this must be run by root user"
+fi
+
+# Utilities
+absdir() { # file_path
+  (cd `dirname $1`; pwd)
+}
+
+abspath() {
+  echo `absdir $1`/`basename $1`
+}
+
+find_testcases() { #directory
+  echo `find $1 -name \*.tc`
+}
+
+parse_opts() { # opts
+  local OPT_TEST_CASES=
+  local OPT_TEST_DIR=
+
+  while [ "$1" ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+    --help|-h)
+      usage 0
+    ;;
+    --keep|-k)
+      KEEP_LOG=1
+      shift 1
+    ;;
+    --debug|-d)
+      DEBUG=1
+      shift 1
+    ;;
+    *.tc)
+      if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+        OPT_TEST_CASES="$OPT_TEST_CASES `abspath $1`"
+        shift 1
+      else
+        usage 1 "$1 is not a testcase"
+      fi
+      ;;
+    *)
+      if [ -d "$1" ]; then
+        OPT_TEST_DIR=`abspath $1`
+        OPT_TEST_CASES="$OPT_TEST_CASES `find_testcases $OPT_TEST_DIR`"
+        shift 1
+      else
+        usage 1 "Invalid option ($1)"
+      fi
+    ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  if [ "$OPT_TEST_CASES" ]; then
+    TEST_CASES=$OPT_TEST_CASES
+  fi
+}
+
+# Parameters
+DEBUGFS_DIR=`grep debugfs /proc/mounts | cut -f2 -d' '`
+TRACING_DIR=$DEBUGFS_DIR/tracing
+TOP_DIR=`absdir $0`
+TEST_DIR=$TOP_DIR/test.d
+TEST_CASES=`find_testcases $TEST_DIR`
+LOG_DIR=$TOP_DIR/logs/`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`/
+KEEP_LOG=0
+DEBUG=0
+# Parse command-line options
+parse_opts $*
+
+[ $DEBUG -ne 0 ] && set -x
+
+# Verify parameters
+if [ -z "$DEBUGFS_DIR" -o ! -d "$TRACING_DIR" ]; then
+  errexit "No ftrace directory found"
+fi
+
+# Preparing logs
+LOG_FILE=$LOG_DIR/ftracetest.log
+mkdir -p $LOG_DIR || errexit "Failed to make a log directory: $LOG_DIR"
+date > $LOG_FILE
+prlog() { # messages
+  echo "$@" | tee -a $LOG_FILE
+}
+catlog() { #file
+  cat $1 | tee -a $LOG_FILE
+}
+prlog "=== Ftrace unit tests ==="
+
+
+# Testcase management
+PASSED_CASES=
+FAILED_CASES=
+CASENO=0
+testcase() { # testfile
+  CASENO=$((CASENO+1))
+  prlog -n "[$CASENO]"`grep "^#[ \t]*description:" $1 | cut -f2 -d:`
+}
+failed() {
+  prlog "	[FAIL]"
+  FAILED_CASES="$FAILED_CASES $CASENO"
+}
+passed() {
+  prlog "	[PASS]"
+  PASSED_CASES="$PASSED_CASES $CASENO"
+}
+
+
+# Run one test case
+run_test() { # testfile
+  local testname=`basename $1`
+  local testlog=`mktemp --tmpdir=$LOG_DIR ${testname}-XXXXXX.log`
+  testcase $1
+  echo "execute: "$1 > $testlog
+  (cd $TRACING_DIR; set -x ; . $1) >> $testlog 2>&1
+  ret=$?
+  if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+    failed
+    catlog $testlog
+  else
+    passed
+    [ $KEEP_LOG -eq 0 ] && rm $testlog
+  fi
+}
+
+# Main loop
+for t in $TEST_CASES; do
+  run_test $t
+done
+prlog ""
+prlog "# of passed: " `echo $PASSED_CASES | wc -w`
+prlog "# of failed: " `echo $FAILED_CASES | wc -w`
+
+test -z "$FAILED_CASES" # if no error, return 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce5f735b2e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: %HERE DESCRIBE WHAT THIS DOES%
+# you have to add ".tc" extention for your testcase file
+exit 0 # Return 0 if the test is passed, otherwise return !0